It is impossible for me to express in words my gratitude for Christian Science, and I humbly desire that my life shall be a living witness of my sincerity and earnest endeavor to follow in the footsteps of our Master.
I became interested in Christian Science over twenty-three years ago. I did not seek the truth for its healing, but for years I had wondered why the churches did not practice Christian healing since it is so plainly taught in the Bible. Finally, when I was told of a neighbor who could heal by prayer I immediately asked her about it. I was not convinced at first, for it all seemed too good to be true; but after several conferences I accepted Christian Science, and in a short time was able to prove my faith by my works. During the years since then, I have had many demonstrations to prove that God is the only power; but I should like to tell in particular of one beautiful healing which came to me just recently.
From my earliest childhood there had been an impediment in my speech. As I grew older, sensitiveness was added to my affliction. My parents were Christian people, and I was reared in the atmosphere of prayer. The first stories told me were taken from the Bible. For years my prayer to God was for deliverance from the bondage aforementioned; but no answer came. Then large sums of money were spent in trying to effect a cure through material means; but without avail. In later years, when I had learned to know God aright, and had help from a Christian Science practitioner at different times, there was a lessening of the evil, but not a cure. Then, when we moved from Boston and I became a member of a branch church, it became very hard for me to sit through the Wednesday evening meetings without being able to testify. Pride had now joined the sensitiveness, and fear had no small part in the matter. When I was with some friends one evening, much was said in regard to the hesitancy of some of our people in testifying. The next morning, as I sat with my books before me studying the Lesson-Sermon, my thought turned to the conversation of the evening before, and it came to me very strongly that it was wrong for me to be in bondage to such a lie,— that God never made such a condition. Then the thought came quickly, Why, matter cannot talk; speech is spiritual. There came to me a great spiritual uplift. I put the books down and went into the next room. A member of my family spoke to me; and when I answered I had a consciousness of freedom, yet did not know then that the healing had come. It was soon realized, however; for the words came as easily as beads dropping from a string. On the Wednesday evening following it was with a very loving and grateful heart that I told of the divine Love that meets every human need.
